Walter Laidlaw (abt. 1796 - 1871)

Born about 1796 in Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland

Husband of Mary (Stobbs) Laidlaw — married 10 Jun 1825 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 17 May 1871 at about age 75 in Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Not born in Roxborough.

In the 1841 Census, at Houndridge, Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland

LAIDLAW Walter M 45 Ag Lab Out of County

LAIDLAW Mary F 50 Roxburghshire

LAIDLAW Jane F 15 Roxburghshire

LAIDLAW Robert M 14 Out of County

LAIDLAW Richard M 12 Roxburghshire^[1]

Walter Laidlaw and Mary Stobbs married in Kelso Roxburghshire, Scotland, on 10 June, 1825^[2].

"Walter Laidlaw Labourer & Mary Stobbs both of this parish, after the publication of the bans [sic] of marriage, in the church of Kelso, were married by the Revd. William Lundie Minister of Kelso in presence of these Witnesses Michael Laidlaw & Peter Gillespie"

Walter died in Chirnside, Berwickshire in 1871, aged 74. His mother's name was not recorded^[3].

LAIDLAW WALTER 74 ----- 1871 730/ 8 Chirnside

Sources

1. ↑ ["Scottish General Register Office: 1841 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5a155f07f4040b9d6e744867 : viewed 18 Mar 2022), Richard LAIDLAW in household of Walter LAIDLAW, Houndridge, Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland; from 1841 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives HO 107/788, Folio 2, Page 11, Schedule , The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. Freeview]
2. ↑ [Old Parish Registers, Marriages, 793/ 80 40, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Walter Laidlaw and Mary Stobbs, 10 June 1825. https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/10850650.]:
3. ↑ Chirnside Death Registry

• 1851 Census of Scotland, Ancestry.com. 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line], Parish: Ladykirk; ED: 2; Page: 13; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1851_197; Year: 1851, Walter Laidlaw household. http://ancestry.ca/.

• 1861 Census of England, Wales and Scotland (Transcription), Edrom Mains Cot House, Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland, Walter Laidlaw household. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC%2F1861%2F0022936923.

• Scotland, Statutory Death Registers, 730/ 8, Chirnside, Berwick, Walter Laidlaw, 17 May 1871. https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_stat_deaths/1383264.